Rope-awning.



C. E, WEIBLEY. ROPE AWNING. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3.4914.

' Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

- UNITED arse ATT 5 CHARLES E. WEIBLEY, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

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- To [aZZ when?) vlmc concern produce a new and improved rope guide foruse in connection WlilllfiftlCleS of this character.

This and other objects I attain by means of the device illustrated inthe drawings accompanying this application and forming a part thereof. i

' In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pulley and itshousing; Fig. 2 is aperspective view of a pulley and its housing.

shown in connection with a clamp plate which forms a detail of myinvention; Fig.

, 3 is a plan view from below of a clamp plate and shows the prongs ofthe pulley housing bent so as to lock'the pulley in engagement with theplate; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of two clamp plates showing theprong engaging apertures formed therein; and Fig. 5 is a perspectiveView of an awning equipped with rope guides embodying my inven tion. i

The rope guide illustrated as an embodiment of my invention includes ahousing'd in which a pulley 7 is rotatably mounted. The housing isprovided with two plate 'engaging prongs 8 which are'adapted to beinserted through apertures 9 provided in a support or clamp plate 10which is em ployed in securing the guide to the fabric'of the awning orshade. ,The housing is also provided on each side of the pulley with.

divergent'flanges ll-which form shoulders on the housingadapted to abutagainst the adjacent clamp plate and to form a support for the housing.As illustrated, the flanges are curved outwardly so as to form a guidefor the rope 12, which is so located that it passesbetween the pulleyand the adjacent clamp plate.

'Two. of the clamp plates are ordinarily employed in securing the pulleyto'the fabric of the shade, one being located on Specification. ofLetters Patent.

Patented net. 15, ieie.

f Ap pli cationflled Februaryil, 1914. SerialNo.816,288.

each side of the fabric and in such relation I that their apertures 9register or are located opposite to each other. The pulley is mounted onthe fabric by inserting its prongs 8 through the apertures 9 of the twoplates and also through the fabric and then bending the prongs eitherinwardly or outwardly'as shown in Fig. 3 against the face of the platelocated on the under side of the fabric. V r

In accordance with the requirements of the Patent Statutes I havedescribed in detail what I. now consider to be the preferred embodimentof my invention, but it will be apparent to those skilled in the artthat 'rious changes, substitutions, modifications,

omissions, and additions may be made in the apparatus illustratedwithout departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as set forthby the appended claims.

What I claim is: 1. In combinatlon With an awning, a rope guidecomprising apulley, rigid support plates rigidly mounted on oppositesides of the awning material, and a metal housing for the pulley rigidlysecured to said plates.

2. In combination with an awning composed of flexible material, a ropefor raising the awning, a rope guide comprising a pulley, a housing inwhich the pulley is" rotatlvely mounted and through which the ropepasses, and means for rigidly mount ingthe'housing in an uprightposition on the flexible material so that it stands at to which it issecured.

3. In combination with affilawning composed of flexible material, arope-guide sup port, comprising a rigid fiat plate rigidly secured totheunaterial so that one of its fiat faces engages a portion of thematerial right angles to the portion of the material and. lies fia tagainst it, and a rope-guide comprising a rotatably mounted rigidlysecured to said fiat plate.

pulley i. Ineombination with .a shade composed 'of flexiblematerial, .arope-guide com prising a, rotatable pulley, a housing in which saidpulley is rotatably mounted, and

. rigid-plates located on opposite-sides of said material and. rigidlysecured thereto:

and -to' .whiOh said. housing is rigidly secured- 5. In combinationwith'a shade, composed of flexible material, a rigid rope-guide sup:port mounted on and reinforcing and stifiening the awning material atthe point of connection of the rope-guide, and a ropeguicie rigidiymounted on the material and rigidly secured to the rope-guide support sothat it occupies an invariable position with relation t0 the portion ofthe material to which it is secured.

CHARLES E. WVEIBLEY.

\Vitnesses H. .D. VVEIBLEY, SIMON N. OLUCK.

